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San Joaquin County Superior Court
Stockton Courthouse
October 26, 2009
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA:
The case People of the State of California v. Melissa Huckaby (case number SF112495A) has been scheduled for Friday, October 30, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. (in camera hearing) and 1:00 p.m. (public hearing) in Department 14 of the main Stockton Courthouse located at 222 E. Weber Avenue, Stockton, CA 95202.
All media requests for photography, video recording and sound recording in the courtroom have been denied for this hearing. Please see the order made on April 22, 2009 by the Hon. Linda L. Lofthus, which shall continue for all future hearings until modified.
Because of the high public interest and our limited seating capacity, all media personnel may not be able to get into the courtroom.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:
Due to limited courtroom seating, there will be a drawing held at the courthouse for the remaining audience seats.
- Members of the public are to check-in on Friday, October 30th at 12:00 p.m. at Department 14 (First Floor).
- At the time of check-in, one ticket per person present will be issued.
- The drawing will take place at 12:15 p.m. in front of Department 14 (First Floor).
- Tickets must be presented prior to entering the courtroom and ticket numbers will be checked against the master list.
- Entry into the courtroom will begin after the media have been seated (media seating begins as soon as the in camera hearing has ended)
NOTICE TO THE MEDIA:
11 seats have been designated for local media organizations. Each organization has been allotted one seat. They are as follows:
- Stockton Record
- Tracy Press
- San Joaquin Herald
- Sacramento Bee
- KOVR-TV (local CBS affiliate)
- KCRA-TV (local NBC affiliate)
- KXTV-TV News10 (local ABC affiliate)
- KTXL-Fox40 (local FOX affiliate)
- Univision, Channel 19
- KFBK Radio
- Sketch Artist
For each local organization listed above, the reporter who will be sitting in court on Friday will need to come to Department 14 at 12:00 p.m. to check-in. If the reporter does not check in by the drawing time (12:15 p.m.), the seat saved for the organization will be added to the drawing and filled by another media organization.
An additional 7 seats will be designated through a drawing held at the courthouse. Those media organizations interested in having a guaranteed courtroom seat for one of their journalists should follow the below procedures:
- Send one representative from your organization to check-in on Friday, October 30th at 12:00 p.m. at Department 14 (First Floor).
- At the time of check-in, the representative will exchange a business card for a ticket. Only one ticket per media organization will be issued. The representative will need to provide the name of the journalist who will be sitting in court.
- The drawing will take place at 12:15 p.m. 7 tickets will be drawn.
- Journalists will need to show their media credentials to enter the courtroom (seating will take place after the in camera hearing has ended), which will be checked against the list of those organizations chosen through the drawing. More details to come.
Hunter Square will NOT be reserved for the media on Friday. There will be no reserved parking for the media.
Regular updates will be made to this site.
Please refer all questions to:
Stephanie Bohrer, Public Information Officer
(209)468-2878 phone
(209)479-6542 cell
(209)468-8576 fax
sbohrer@courts.san-joaquin.ca.us
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